While preparing for my upcoming presentation on May 23 at Phase2Careers on the impact of social media on job searching (http://www.phase2careers.org), I came across a couple of interesting articles I’d like to share with you.
The Silicon Valley Business Journal highlights, “after returning to prerecession levels, nationwide job openings continued to increase in April with 33.9 percent year-over-year growth and 6.7 percent month-over-month, according to a report by SimplyHired.com.” According to the SimplyHired.com report, “Hiring in the retail industry increased 23.6%, the largest growth across all industries. The concurrent 92.0% increase in job openings for retail salespersons signifies the beginning of summer seasonal hiring for retailers.”
What this means for employers and job seekers:
For employers who are thinking of hiring this year – do not delay! There are job seekers with great skills who are in transition and ready to get to work. Take advantage of this talent pool before the competition scoops them up!
Job-seekers, the good news is that a variety of industries are hiring again. Get those resumes prepared, create your LinkedIn profile and get ready to accept that perfect job! And, check out organizations such as Phase2Careers who offer free or low-cost workshops such as the presentation I will be giving on May 23rd where I will discuss the importance of social media in your job search.
Let’s get to work!
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For more information on the April job trend reports read the press release or view the full report by visiting the Simply Hired Blog: http://blog.simplyhired.com/2011/05/simplyhiredcom-releases-april-job-trends-report.html#ixzz1M9zuuXTj
You can also read the Silicon Valley Business Journal article at http://www.bizjournals.com/sanjose/news/2011/05/04/report-hiring-passes-pre-recession.html.
That’s good news. According to today’s report from the US Labor Department’s weekly report on unemployment claims, the number of people applying for unemployment benefits fell sharply for the second straight week.
Hopefully, this points to a much needed recovery.
This is really good news for job seekers! I also saw the new report Rita refers to.
Monette
Shopping4info.com
Definitely good news for job seekers! Thanks for sharing!
What a great blog post Michelle and really important and positive news for those out of work! I talk to job seekers almost daily and have been telling then to keep their head up as well.
Shilonda Downing
Virtual Work Team LLC
The job market in Atlanta has seen a steady growth but it still takes a good while to land a job.
This is great news for all. In fact I’m in process of hiring interns and even they have more options these days! Silvia, Outside The Cubicle
Michele, I love this post! But then I am a social media nut!
After I was laid off a few years back from Corporate America, I realized that the hiring world is SO much different. Potential employers really DO look at all your social media sites and google you. It is really important to be real and you yet be professional in all your tweets and FB posts. My brother is an employment specialist such as yourself here in Oregon. Richard Pedersen on LinkedIN
He says that even Convicts have to re-invent themselves so they can show up in a GOOD way on google checks. He has wonderful tips on how to do so.
Again Michele…thank you for sharing this. Great that the economy is shifting 🙂
~Annette